alternate history These Jeff Spicoli-esque characters in this 1997 Carl's Jr. commercial share how they invented the lava lamp while high on life Popkin

butlerian jihad The entire 34,000-year DUNE timeline explained in one 10-minute video Thom Dunn

alternate history The second book in Tim Powers' 'Vickery and Castine' series is even better than the first Jason Weisberger

alternate history This video imagines Dropbox in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

the afterlife Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife Cory Doctorow

alternate history What if Steam had been around in 1988? Mark Frauenfelder

alternate history Making a better World War II Gregory Benford

retrogamers "Artisanal" Nintendo console cartridge hacker creates impossible alternate history games Cory Doctorow

the saxon question Judenstaat: an alternate history in which a Jewish state is created in east Germany in 1948 Cory Doctorow

oh yes please thank you very much Coming in November: Pirate Utopia, a novella by Bruce Sterling with an intro by Warren Ellis Cory Doctorow